A pack of runners, including Tonganoxie High's Dalton Lawson, Caleb Himpel, David Powell, Joel Dunning and Dalton Harrington, wind their way through the THS course on Thursday afternoon's duel with Lansing.

In their season-opening cross country duel with Lansing on Thursday afternoon, the Tonganoxie High girls and boys fell short of team victories.

But Chieftains junior Andie Jeannin won the girls 4-kilometer race with a time of 16:30.

THS senior Matt Brock was the best runner for the boys on Thursday, finishing second with a time of 17:44.